Kyōko Nagatsuka

Kyōko Nagatsuka
長塚京子
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	22 February 1974 (age 50); Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	1998
Prize money	$421,541
Singles
Career record	121–125
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 28 (14 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1995)
French Open	4R (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (1995)
US Open	2R (1993, 1994)
Doubles
Career record	62–70
Career titles	2 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (19 June 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1994, 1995, 1996)
French Open	2R (1995, 1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1993, 1995, 1996)
US Open	3R (1995)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996)

Kyōko Nagatsuka (Japanese: 長塚京子, born February 22, 1974) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 28 on 14 August 1995. In doubles, she reached as high as No. 31 in June 1995.

She won the 12-and-under championships of Japan in 1986, and the under-16 in 1989.^[1]

Nagatsuka reached three singles finals on the WTA Tour but failed to win the title in any of them. She did, however, win two doubles titles as well as achieving a further three runner-ups in doubles competition. She reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament twice in singles: at the 1995 Australian Open, where she beat a young Martina Hingis and Amy Frazier, and that same year at the French Open.

Playing for the Japan Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 2–4.

Since her retirement, she has briefly worked as a coach with Akiko Morigami.^[1]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1994	China Open	Hard (i)	Yayuk Basuki	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1994	Taiwan Open	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Mar 1995	Puerto Rico Open	Hard	Joannette Kruger	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1993	Japan Open	Hard	Li Fang	Ei Iida Maya Kidowaki	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1994	Commonwealth Classic, Bali	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Yayuk Basuki Romana Tedjakusuma	w/o
Win	1–2	Jan 1995	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–3	Apr 1995	Japan Open	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win	2–3	Jan 1996	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Kerry-Anne Guse Park Sung-hee	7–6, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1 March 1992	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Caroline Kuhlman	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	5 October 1997	ITF Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Magdalena Grzybowska	1–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	21 June 1992	ITF Milano, Italy	Clay	Miki Yokobori	Luciana Tella Andrea Vieira	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	2.	12 June 1994	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Mami Donoshiro	Flora Perfetti Virág Csurgó	1–6, 5–7
Loss	3.	16 March 1998	ITF Noda, Japan	Hard	Saori Obata	Keiko Ishida Keiko Nagatomi	6–3, 2–6, 3–6